Paper-cup holder



F. MARTIN.

PAPER CUP HOLDER.. APPLICATION FILED JUNE24, 1919,

1,334,664. Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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FRANK MARTIN, or woscssmahasslesame assrenoe 130 w. n. Messiaen, or NEW YORK, is. Y

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known. that I, FRANK lVIAR'IIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at W orcester, lilassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper-Cup, Holders, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for holding an object, such as a package or container of paper drinking cups, which may conveniently be attached to an object su'ch' as the ordinary five gallon water bottle in its inverted position as ordinarily used in suitable stands.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder of this type formed of a framework of wire bent to such shape as to suitably grip the bottle and hold the framework in place upon the bottle, and suitably grip the package of cups, and hold them in place against the tendency to be displaced when a cup is withdrawn from the package; and a particular object of my invention is to provide a framework which will accomplish these results with a minimum of wire, and which can be manufactured readily and at a small labor cost.

ll ith these and other objects apparent from this specification in view, my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts herein illustrated, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated in perspective view a preferred embodiment of my invention.

Referring to these drawings, my holder is formed of two pieces of wire formed with loops 1 and 2 respectively, and twisted to gether between the loops and the ends to form a supporting portion 3, and further secured if desired by soldering the portion 3.

The two loop portions I prefer to bend each into a plane at right angles with the supporting portion 1, and with the four strands of wire having portions 4 extending approximately at right angles with one another, and extending for a distance equal to the radius of the bottom of the bottle, at the end of which portions l the wire of the loops 1 and 2 is bent downwardly, these portions extending far enough along the side of the bottle so that the connecting portions of the loops 1 and 2, which. are shaped to fit closely against the bottle, obtain. a suffi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar; 23, 1920.

Application filed June 24, 1919. Serial No. 306393.

cient grip thereon to hold the framework upon the bottle.

Above the twisted supporting portion 3, the four ends of the wires are bent to form suitable gripping means for holding the paper cup container.

In the preferred form of container, the bottom thereof has a slight slope; and the portions 6 of the wires upon which the con t ainer is intended to rest are therefore bent to acconm'lmilate this slope, so as to have the container rest upon them in upright posi tion. These portions are bent at such angles to each other that they do not pass under the corners of the container, but extend to opposite sides, and reach the opposite edges of the container at points within the corners, from which points there are upwardly and forwardly extending portions 7, and upwardly and rearwardly extending portions 8 which lie along the sides of the container, and overlap the vertical edges thereof at points preferably slightly above the middle of the container.

At the points where the upwardly extending portions, 7 and 8, cross the edges of the container, these portions are bent inwardly in substantially horizontal planes, so that the ends, 9 and 10, of the wires lie against the other two vertical surfaces of the container. Preferably these wires are bent in such manner that the normal distance between two forward and rearward ends 9 and 10 is somewhat less than the thickness of the container, so that when inserting the container these may be sprung apart slightly, and when the container is in place they exert a gripping pressure upon it.

Having now described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent:

1. A framework comprising a pair of wires formed in loops and twisted together between the loops and ends, the loops arranged to form a set of gripping means, and the end portions arranged to pass angularly upward along opposite sides of an object to be supported, and having their terminal portions bent to engage the other sides of the object.

2. A framework of wire comprising a supporting portion formed of twisted wires, the wires above the twisted. portion bent to form. a rest for bottom of all object to be supported, andarranged to pass angularly upward along opposite sides of the object, and having their end portions bent to engage the other sides.

3. A framework of wire comprising a supporting portion formed of twisted wires, the wires above the twisted portion bent to form a rest for the bottom of an object to be supported and arranged to pass angularly upward along opposite sides of the 10 object, and having their end portions bent to engage the other sides, the upwardly extending portions being initially set to cause the end )ortions to exert a ripping pressure on the oajeet when insertec.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FRANK MARTIN. 

